Collar-supporter



C. W. AHRENS.

COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1919.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Du O T N E V W 6245. Wflimizs m ATTORN S CHARLES W. AHRENS, OF NEW YORK, 11'. Y.

COLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Specification of hetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed May 21,1919. Serial no. 298,743.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, CHARLES W. AHRENS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented a new and useful Collar-Supporter, of

.which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to pro? portion and which are provided at their upper ends with laterally extending collar supporting arms, the free ends of said arms being preferably supported by braces which connect with the lower ends of the uprights and carry hooks for engagement with the flaps of the collar.

Other features will appear as the specification proceeds and will be understood from consideration of the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrated a practical embodiment of the invention, this with the' understanding, however, that changes and modifications may be made without departure from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. Y

In said drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the invention in use in connection with a soft collar of the turned-down type;

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the supporter. 1

Fig. 3 is a broken detail view of a slight modification.

The supporter consists of a light spring frame made of suitable wire such as nickel silver and bent to provide upright posts 3, 4, the lateral collar supporting arms 5, 6, and the angularly extending braces 7.

The upright posts 3, 4, are connected in spaced relation at their lower ends by a base portion which is adapted to be supported adjacent the collar button of the shirt and may be bent to form a collar button inclosing loop 8. Above this collar button engaging loop the. upright posts are bent angularly as indicated at 9 and these angularly bent portions overlap or cross one another as shown in Fig. 2. These crossed portions are preferably connected together as by means of an inclosing collar 10 which serves to secure these intermediate portions of the posts together and further serves to hold the upper ends of the posts in proper spaced relation.

The collar supporting arms 5 111N106 extend laterally in opposite directions from the upper ends of the posts 3, 4, and fit within the fold at the upper edge of the collar so as to support said'upper edgeof the collar for an appreciable distance at each side of the center of the collar.

The braces are bent down at an angle from the free outer ends of the collar supporting arms 5, 6, and are preferably slidably connected with the lower end portions of the upright posts 3, 4;, as by looping them thereabout as indicated at 11. These braces tend thereby to supportthe free outer ends of the collar engaging arms, but at the same time permit said arms to yield in a downward direction in accordance with the movements of the neck.

The ends ofthe collar braces are shown bent into reversely extending sharp pointed hooks 12 with which are engaged the adjacent flaps of the collar.

In use, after the collar is applied to the shirt, the supporter is slipped up under the fold of the collar and hooked over the collar button. After the tie is fastened the flaps of the'collar are then drawn together to the extent desired and caught over the pointed hooks at the lower ends of the upright posts. The collar is thus properly supported at its upper edge and the flaps of the collar are caught down so that they will not become wrinkled and will not stand out.

The device, it will be seen, is simple and inexpensive, can be easily applied and holds the collar in proper shape.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3. the post members 3 and 4 are not crossed as in the construction described, but are in the form of plain uprights held in spaced relation by a transverse strut or strap 14 which is shown as made of flat sheet metal having end portions partially wrapped about the upright posts. This construction has all the advantages of the first construction and is somewhat easier to make.

Another advantage of my invention is that the supporting frame may be used as a.

mounting for a scarf or necktie, the tie being simply fastened, for instance, with the usual fourinhand knot to the upright posts 3-4 as indicatedin Fig. 2, and the device being then used as before by attaching it to the collar button and hooking the collar flaps down over the hooks 12.

I claim 1. A collar supporter comprising, two oppositely disposed independently flexible upper collar supporting arms spaced apart at the center, a base member adapted to engage a support, means for connecting the base member and the inner ends of the upper arms and side braces connecting the base member with the outer ends of the upper arms. I

2. A collar supporter comprising, two oppositely disposed independently flexible upper collar supporting arms spaced apart at the center, a base member adapted to engage a support, means for connecting the base member and the inner ends of the upper arms and side braces connecting the base member with the outer ends of the upper arms, said side braces having sliding con nections with the base member.

3. In a construction of the character described, the combination for a folded soft collar of a supporting device having hori zontal portions for fitting in between the folds of the collar on opposite sides of the front and spaced apart from each other at the center, a connecting member below the level of the horizontal portions, side arms connected to the outer ends of the horizontal portions and having means at their lower ends for engaging the points of the collar to hold the same, means for supporting said device at the front of the collar adjacent the collar button and vertically disposed means extending from said supporting means adjacent the collar button to said connecting member.

4. In a construction of the character described for supporting the front of a folded soft collar, a supporting device, comprising a base portion adapted to be sup- .ported adjacent the collar button hole, upper horizontal portions for fitting in between the folds of the collar on opposite sides of the front, means of connection be-' tween said base portion and the inner ends of the upper portions, resilient'lateral braces connected to the outer ends of the upper portions and, having vertically sliding connections with the base portion and means carried by the braces and vertically movable with the slidable connections thereof for engaging the. points of the collar to stretch the same.

5. A collar supporter, comprising spaced upright posts connected at their lower ends and provided thereat with a base portion, the upper ends of said upright posts being disposed in spaced relation, lateral collar supporting arms extending in opposite directions from said upper ends of the upright posts and braces extending from the free ends of said lateral supporting arms to the lower portions of the upright posts, said braces terminating at their lower ends in reversely bent pointed hooks for engagement with the adjacent flaps of a collar.

6. A collar supporter made of spring wire and comprising spaced upright posts connected at their lower ends by a base portion and having reversely bent portions crossing above saidbase portion, lateral collar supporting arms extending in opposite directions from the upper ends of said upright posts and reversely disposed sharp pointed hooks at the lower ends of said upright posts for engagement with the adjoinin flaps of a collar.

A collar supporter made of spring wire and comprising upright posts connected at their lower ends by a base portion and having angularly bent portions crossing above said base portion, lateral supporting arms extending in opposite directions from the upper ends of the upright posts, braces extending from the outer free ends of the supporting arms to the lower ends of the upright posts and provided at such points with loops slidingly engaging the lower end portions of the upright posts and reversely bent hooks at the ends of said braces for engagement with the adjacent flaps of a collar. I

8. A collar supporter comprising spaced upright portions provided with positioning means at their lower ends, collar supporting portions extending laterally in opposite directions from the upper ends of said upright portions, angular braces extending from the outer ends of said collar supporting portions to the lower ends of the upright portions, and hooks at the lower ends .of said angular braces for engagement by the adjacent folds of a collar.

9. A wire 'collar supporter comprising spaced upright posts connected at their lower ends and provided at their upper ends with reversely extending lateral collar supporting portions and means holding the intermediate portions of the upright posts in spaced relation at a point above the connected lower ends thereof and below the upper spaced ends.

10. A collar supporter comprising, two independently flexible oppositely disposed collar supporting frames spaced apart from each other at the upper central portion of the device, a base member connected to the said frames near the center and having a sliding connection with the lower ends of thesides of the frames.

11. A collar supporter comprising, two upper collar supporting arms spaced apart from each other at the center of the collar,

of said arms on opposite sides of the center, and side braces connected to the outer ends of the arms and having sliding connections with the base member to permit independent yielding of the two arms.

12. A collar supporter comprising, two upper collar supporting arms spaced apart from each other at the center of the collar, a base member connected to the inner ends of said arms on opposite sides of the cen- 10 nections with the base member to permit in-- dependent yielding of the two arms, said side members having collar engaging means 15 adjacent said base member.

CHARLES W. AHRENS. 

